Yunnan Clique

The Yunnan Clique was a warlord clique of southwestern China's Yunnan region on the border with Burma, Laos, and Vietnam. Cai E founded the clique in opposition to Yuan Shikai's monarchy in 1915, and his lieutenant Tang Jiyao took over the clique after Cai's death. From 1925 to 1927, the clique fought the neighboring Guangxi Clique, and the war would end in a Guangxi victory and with Tang being forced into retirement. In 1927, Long Yun took control of the clique, and Yunnan aligned itself with Chiang Kai-shek's Kuomintang. In 1949, the Yunnan Clique was crushed by the Communist Party of China.